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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
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|Ship name=HMS ''Burford''
|Ship ordered=11 October 1720
|Ship builder=Richard Stacey, [[Deptford Dockyard]]
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|Ship launched=19 July 1722
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|Ship fate=Broken up, 1752
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p169">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 169.</ref>
|Ship class=[[1719 Establishment]] 70-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]]
|Ship tons burthen={{convert|1147|LT|t|1|lk=in}}
|Ship length={{convert|151|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship sail plan=[[Full rigged ship]]
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|Ship armament=70 guns:
*Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
*Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
*Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
*Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
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'''HMS ''Burford''''' was a 70-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], built at [[Deptford Dockyard]] to the [[1719 Establishment]], and launched on 19 July 1722.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p169" /> ''Burford'' was notably the early posting of both [[John Forbes (admiral)|John Forbes]] and [[John Byng]],<ref name="RN Museum Byng">RN Museum, John Byng.</ref> both of whom rose to become [[Admiral]]s.

She served as the flagship of [[Edward Vernon]] at the capture of [[Puerto Bello]] during the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]] under the command of Captain Thomas Watson,<ref name="Mallett Bello">Mallett Antiques, Nathaniel Dance etc at Puerto Bello.</ref> and was broken up in 1752.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p169" />

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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
*[http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_john_byng.htm Biography: John Byng]. Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
*[http://www.mallettantiques.com/Public/Stock/View.aspx?ref=P2F0090&title=NATHANIEL%20DANCE%20(1735-1811)%20Captain%20(later%20Admiral)%20Sir%20George%20Pocock%20(1706-1792)%20and%20Captain%20Digby%20Dent%20RN,%20before%20a%20painting%20of%20the%20bombardment%20of%20the%20Iron%20Castle%20at%20Porto%20Bello%20of%20November%201739 Nathaniel Dance ''et al.''...]. Mallett Antiques. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
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